Joe Weber Reviews

Www Plug-Ins Companion

Published in Paperback by Que Pub (1996-11)

Authors: Mark Robbin Brown, Simeon M. Greene, Galen Grimes, John Jung, Bernie Roehl, David Wall, and Joe Weber

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Good

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Review Date: 2000-09-08

Its quiet good book for novices. Using this book we can learn how to create plug-ins and other things like how to install plug-ins, uses etc.,.

Assured Response

Published in Kindle Edition by Ballantine Books (2003-12-30)

Author: Joe Weber

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Ed's review of Assured Response

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Review Date: 2007-01-10

The author is very knowledgable about military aircraft. The story is riveting, but I found some of the sub plots a little "too unbelievable". I couldn't believe that skilled pilots like Jackie Sullivan and Scott Dalton would knowingly fly into the teeth of a severe thunderstorm. I'm a WWII pilot and didn't understand why he brought in the old B-25s to drop atomic bombs. The novel is gripping and is I assume is what he intended, i.e, a "Worst Case Scenario". It is realistic to paint the Muslim Fanatics as unconscionable and absolutely without morals, decency, or humanity.. My biggest problem with this novel was that Mr. Weber tried to crowd too much material, too many plots into the story.

Webers needs a fact checker & editor

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Review Date: 2006-05-30

This was my first Weber novel. It starts out okay, interesting premise, but Weber quickly forgets his premise (war against terrorist) and goes on unrelated tangents (solving corruption in Mexican politics) and worse. He obviously did no research on space shuttle ops. A shuttle cmdr is not going to unilaterally decide whether he can make it back to Canaveral during an RTLS abort; Houston has better data to make that call. And the crew certainly would bail out prior to their shuttle ditching in the Atlantic (the crew wouldn't survive a ditching). Then, Weber says the Atlantis can still be refurbished and flown again. Huh? After it was shot down with a missile, ditched in the salt-water of the Atlantic, and sank to the bottom... Unbelieveable! And how can all airborne traffic be grounded after the U.S. is attacked and yet Weber allows plenty aircraft to be flying around inside his novel, from Weber's own main characters to news helicopters? A grounding is a grounding, you don't make 1,001 exceptions. I didn't realize F-14s were still deployed on carriers, haven't they been replaced by the Super Hornets? And I'm not sure a 30ft long MOAB would fit inside a B-2's bay, I think it's only been dropped from the backend of a C-130 cargo plane. I find it hard to believe Weber was ever a military pilot, how could he get so many things wrong? I get the impression the last half of the novel was completed while Weber was on a Caribbean vacation and his editor was calling him telling him the printing press was about to start rolling with or without the last half of his novel. Perhaps Weber spent little time or thought on the last many chapters, just cranked them out from his beach chair, drunk on Mai-Tai's.

A FARCE!!!

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Review Date: 2006-05-29

As a 23-year Marine pilot myself, I thought Weber's work would be of special interest to me, but it was a big waste of time, forcing me to scan the last few chapters just to get it over with. His special anti-terrorist team spend more time worrying about themselves while they break up their equipment, all the while coming up with "cutsie" conversation--and they don't accomplish a thing--but Uncle Sam pays them handsomely.

Even his side stories (which rarely affect the story line)about how terrible and scary it is to fly military aircraft are filled with supercilious thoughts by the pilots who are about to die. In Chapter 27 (of 34), he brings in a totally new character who smashes up his plane on a carrier landing. He lives, but is never mentioned in the book again, nor is the incident connected to the story.

Weber does, however, emulate W.E.B. Griffin in one respect--all his characters are either independently wealthy or have super-wealthy donors, so they need not worry about any expense whatever. And they are all officers. No mention of the grunts who make everything possible

Weber is touted as a "Marine Pilot", but no mention of what he flew, or where---?????

Terrorize The Terrorists

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Review Date: 2006-02-08

Action on most every page makes for an enjoyable quick read. Nuclear bombs used in the U.S., the Secretary of State poisoned with sarin while on a cruise,a boeing business jet crashes into the Indian Point Nuclear Plant,Nuclear plants also attacked near New Orleans and St. Petersburg,explosives dropped on a Citgo refinery near Lake Charles,trains are derailed,the Bremerton Naval base is attacked,a huge containership is sunk blocking the port of Long Beach,Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams are destroyed, Lake Mead is unleashed. An invasion of illegals begins from Mexico. What next? Will the strong willed President prevail?

Severely flawed

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Review Date: 2006-05-28

When Weber can describe a plane or a military action things are working pretty good. WHen it comes to geo-political concepts and political courage, I don't think he has a handle on the real world.

There were a lot of things that bugged me about this book. Let's start with the characters. Scott and Jackie might be nice people, but when they weren't flying around they were having dinner. Their motives were pretty stereotype.

There are the suitcase nukes. A suitcase nuke or backpack nuke is a weapon with anything from .5 to 10 kt yield. They are designed to be placed (gently) at a location and triggered with a timer or remote detonator. Dropping one into water out of a B-25 doesn't seem plausible. Considering the time line for this story and probable age of the weapon, I'm not convinced they would have gone off.

Then there are the multiple times US airspace was grounded as in 9-11. If the airspace was cleared then how come next page there are news helicopters flying all over the place? If we are basically at Defcon 2 or 1, then how come there were not air caps over vital military bases? You might make the case that it was needed for dramatic effect, but terrorists target soft targets. The nuclear submarine base in Washington State is not such a target.

There were timeline issues in this story. The Constellation battlegroup is turned around, but it arrives on station in the Arabian Sea from San Diego in about 3 days by my count. Carriers can't move from eastern Pacific that fast. Plus the Constellation is decommissioned, and at best it is a reserve carrier.

Finally, I really doubt any Mexican leader would be so cooperative.

A very big disappointment.

Special Edition Using Java 1.1 (Special Edition Using)

Published in Paperback by Que (1997-05)

Authors: Joe Weber, David Baker, Joe Carpenter, Jamie Costa, Anil Hemrajani, Alan S. Liu, Jordan Olin, Eric Ries, Bill Rowley, Krishna Sankar, Govind Seshadri, Christopher Stone, Clay Walnum, Scott Williams, and Andrew Wooldridge

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genial

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Review Date: 2000-07-11

It is very thorough. Almost everything important about java is in there including JDBC, JNI, Java Beans, Servlets, security management, even the specification of the virtual machine and most is explained well understandble. It is the best java book I ever saw!

Worst Java Book I've ever read.

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Review Date: 1999-05-03

This is the worst java book I've ever read. The book is unorganized and the content is not suitable for the beginner at all.

The companion CD-ROM is useless.

If the authors would like to publish the new version for JDK 1.2, there will be a lot of works they need to get accomplished.

Simple words from me.... Don't buy this book.

Not the best Java book on the market

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Review Date: 1998-07-06

Covers alot of fancy staff but has a great lack of contents. It seems like the author has rushed through the book just to fill it out with the Java 1.1 features and forgot to describe the import basics behind the language. There's now way you're gonna be a Java guru by reading this book!

There are better books

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Review Date: 1997-12-30

This book is poor in contents, i have the second edition and is the same that third, i bought this book thinking that it would be as good as the second version, but it is almost the same...
If you want to buy some book about jdk 1.1 buy the java class libraries.

Comprehensive coverage of 1.1 tools and 1.0 programming.

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Review Date: 1997-10-22

Java 1.1 introduces several major features to Sun's Java products, such as Java Beans, JAR files, and more. This book provides good coverage of these new tools and techniques.

Java 1.1 also brings on several changes in the language itself. There are new methods that improve on, and replace, older methods. Sun's Java compiler generates warnings when a method has been deprecated. The examples in this book have NOT been updated, so you will need another book to teach you to develop proper Java 1.1 source code.

This book is a learning book more than a reference. It covers programming techniques that other books frequently skim over. I was impressed with the wide range of topics such as database, network, graphics, CORBA, and JavaScript. I only wish that it presented these topics with Java 1.1 features and techniques.

If you already are familiar with Java 1.1 programming and would like to familiarize yourself with the new Java 1.1 tools, you may find this reference to be helpful.

If you are planning to learn the Java language from this book, then you will be disappointed to learn that some of these programs use old techniques specific to Java 1.0. Java 1.1 introduces several new classes and programming techniques which you will want to know, so consider another book.

Personally, it amazes me to see how many books I have purchased over the years that were thrown together to meet a tight publishers deadline. While this book has many pages of useful information, it is not entirely up to date. Even the CD-ROM comes with the 1.0 version of Java, not the 1.1 version.

I was pleased to see that the entire text of the book is on the CD-ROM, along with the text of other QUE books, Using JavaScript and Using J++. I gave the book an extra point for this feature alone.

Honorable Enemies

Published in Audio Cassette by Nova Audio Books (1994-04-01)

Author: Joe Weber

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Action Packed!

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Review Date: 1999-09-27

"Honerable Enemies" is a page turner. Weber weaves a strong plot with non-stop action. A great what-if scenario about our fragile relationship with Japan.

Adverb Central!

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Review Date: 2001-04-05

Yes, the plot is interesting. Yes, the characters are (somewhat) believable. But it is very apparent that Mr. Weber has a bonus clause on his contract for the number of adverbs he can use. How many different ways can you depict mannerisms and emotions while speaking? Just ask Mr. Weber. I tried (in vain) to find a portion of dialogue that did not have the characters words embellished with so many trite expressions to the point of total distraction from the storyline. Too bad, it could have been a great book. Also, what's with the ending? Did he come to a point where he had a limit on his page count and had to condense 10 chapters of conclusion into one Epilogue?

2 Audio Books - To the White Sea and Honorable Enemies

Published in Audio Cassette by Media Books, LLC (1994)

Authors: James Dickey and Joe Weber

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Assured Response

Published in Paperback by Presidio Press (2005)

Author: Joe Weber

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Black Rock.(Book review): An article from: Journal of Cultural Geography

Published in Digital by Thomson Gale (2007-03-22)

Author: Joe Weber

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The Boy Who Cried ''Wolf''

Published in Paperback by Frederic Thomas (2004)

Author: Mary Weber

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Careers for Professionals: New Perspectives in Home Economics

Published in Paperback by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company (1987-06)

Authors: Ruth Hoeflin, Karen Pence, Mary Miller, and Joe Weber

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Oscillosope probe circuits (Circuit concepts)

Published in Unknown Binding by Tektronix (1969)

Author: Joe Weber

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